Dennis Prager

Show Summary

Adam opens the show discussing how he no longer sees stolen bikes or car stereos anymore. He also talks with Bald Bryan about betting on this past weekend’s football games, much to his dismay. Later, Adam talks about sitting next to an air marshal on one of his flights this weekend.

Dennis Prager joins the podcast next, and Adam talks to him about his old radio show, ‘Religion on the Line.’ They also start talking about the truth behind stereotypes, and the importance of speaking in a grammatically correct way. Later they talk about how people do not respect religion, and the overly corrected society we live in. There’s also a discussion of the situation in Israel.

Alison opens up the news with a story about Ron Paul’s son being detained by the TSA. Adam makes an argument that technology is only improved where society can make more money, and applies it to the roads and parking meters. They also talk about Tracy Morgan’s Sundance collapse, the death of Etta James, and why we’d all be better citizens if we had lower self-esteem.

Your obviously pretty dumb, no wonder you’re a conservative so I’ll explain it to your tiny little right wing mind. I listen to the podcast to laugh, not hear right wingers compliment each other. If that’s what I wanted to hear there are literally hundreds of different things to tune into. The great thing about the Amazon click through is that allows listeners to throw their two cents (literally) in, in regards to what is on the show. If that was too complicated go tune into Prager’s radio show where he’ll tell you that even an obvious moron like yourself is a good person as long as they vote Republican

“Your” is the second person possessive pronoun. “You’re” is the contraction of “you are.” As in, “You’re obviously pretty dumb.” You’ve also never heard of a run-on sentence. Prager’s story about correcting his wife’s grammar was hilarious. Just like you lecturing people about life from your intellectually superior viewpoint. Hilarious!

Like the sun rising in the west you can always count on the grammar nazis showing up when they’ve what to speak but really can’t think of anything to say. It’s like the age old question of would you rather be smart or beautiful. I’ll just have to live with the fact that my points are solid but my contractions are a little off, and you can pat yourself on the back for having perfect punctuation in a comment that looked good but really had nothing to say

HaZe01-26-2012

Joe, as a left winger your closer to the Nazis than any of the conservatives on this blog, but you wouldn’t know that because, just like most liberals, you only listen to a point of view that pleases you. What does it say about you btw attacking the nicest guy in radio and doing it with the first blog post?

cg01-24-2012

That’d be “You’re obviously pretty dumb”, not “your”.

I love ironic insults. It’s so convenient when idiots show themselves to be idiots. Saves work for the educated amongst us.

As for the rest of your (that’s the proper use of “your”) odd outburst, it speaks for itself and reinforces my point.

Oh my freakin’ God, Joe… are you kidding? Are you a parody? The sun rises in the West???? Grammar Nazis? The problem, Joe, is that your first sentence is literally nonsensical. Here it is, so explain it to me:

“Like the sun rising in the west you can always count on the grammar nazis showing up when they’ve what to speak but really can’t think of anything to say.”

What could I possibly say, Joe? Are you really that stupid? And if you are, do you really want to insult the intellects of other people? Do you actually “think,” Joe? Or are you just a walking pile of Left Wing platitudes? And, no dude, your “points” aren’t solid. The “right-wingers” you despise are people who only want to set you, and everyone else, FREE. Joe, your mind is so filled with self-congratulatory BS, that you can no longer see what is real or what is true.

Rex Montana01-24-2012

You’re wrong. I’m a conservative, but I love liberal Circle Jerks. They’re all being One Uppers on each other, so the dialog is energetic. And for the same reason I like Conservative Circle Jerks.

Actually, any Circle Jerk is fun, unless you’re the man in the middle.

No shit Joe, funny they didn’t mention when that when Rand Paul refused to be touched by the TSA he was on his way to a anti abortion rally. How’s that for ironic cg. If this show is turning political I’m done.

Joe exhibits the classic narcissistic reaction that Adam and Dennis are right to reveal. Adam constantly has blowhard leftists on the show but none of us conservatives feel the need to get on here and announce to the world that we’re taking our ball and going home.

It’ good to listen to people with whom you disagree. You can see if you have counter-arguments. Also, everyone should keep an open mind – listen to the facts, arguments, etc. Think about the issues and then form your own opinion.

Joe, I’m not going to call you gay or anything, but I’d like to point out how your comment only emphasizes the unbelievable intolerance and hypocritical nature of the left. The left never wants their speech infringed upon, even if that speech includes hate speech or occupying private land, but if they don’t like what someone says, or their opinion, not only will the left not consider the point, they wont even listen and in some cases, try to silence.

Whose infringing on anyone’s speech? Isn’t the common right wing response “you have freedom of speech just find someone else to pay or it”. I listen to Prager’s nonsense on a daily basis, I just don’t want to help subsidize it in places I don’t want to hear it.

I’m all for hearing people speak, especially when they disagree with me, I just don’t want to hear it somewhere I usually come to laugh. It’s kind of like the attitude most people on the right have towards Sean Penn and Jane Fonda

Prager simply invents his own version of “the left” in his head. It bears no resemblance to real-world liberals. It’s like parents telling their children stories of the “toothfairy”, or the “boogieman” for that matter. What a bunch of nonsense from a complete Douchbag.

It’s called a strawman. Both sides do it. Be honest with yourself and listen to left-wing friends talk about how evil ALL right-wing people are sometime. It’s ridiculous, just as ridiculous as what the right does.

Not sticking up for this guy or any others who do it, just pointing out that it’s not limited to either side.

For the record, this Administration’s policy on Israel is no different than any previous administrations. I know the right loves to assert that the “left” is somehow alienating Israel, but it’s simply has no basis in fact or reality. I love how the right treats talking-points as if they are facts.

Every single Republican senator votes the same on every single issue. So, in my opinion they paint themselves with said “broad brush.” They’re a bunch of do nothing, cock blockers, who put their own self interest and that of their super rich cronies ahead of doing what is right for the country.

The right’s freakout over Obama and Israel proves my point about the Right….

Dwight Eisenhower kept aid to a minimum, kept Israel at arms length and forced Israel to give up the ground it won in the 1956 Sinai Campaign without negotiating a quid pro quo. Gerald Ford explicitly blamed Israeli “stalling” for a breakdown in peace talks in 1975—something Obama has never done—and ordered a six-month “reassessment” of Middle East policy, which translated into a suspension of aid and military assistance, until Israel was bludgeoned into submission. George H.W. Bush clashed openly with Israel more frequently and more bitterly than any of his predecessors, to the point where he once called a nationally televised press conference to attack American Jewish volunteer activists who had come to Washington for a day to advocate for Soviet Jewish resettlement assistance.

What is with the picture? No Adam with his arm around him and Alison is in the background looking completely disinterested. It just sorta stands out from every other photo on the site which makes me think something was up. I haven’t listened to the podcast yet so maybe it is explained in there somehow.

The left is out to destroy Israel? Dude, come on. When you say this, it automatically means you’re an idiot. Stop with the right vs. left BS, and do what you’re paid to do – be a comedian. There’s a reason you’re not in politics – because you know nothing about it.

I seem to recall that the Senator (former military) and testifying officer were actually old friends who for years have been doing variations of this and other weird questions to each other in public places.

Adam is amazing in his hypocrisy. He spends countless hours complaining about the TSA patting down white people when they should be checking out people who more fit the profile of a terrorist. Then a white Senator complains about the the same thing and Adam can’t get on his knees fast enough in front of Dennis Prager so he can unzip his pants and agree with him.

Can we get ruling on something. Is my decision to skip using the click through a single time punishing the show, or is my contribution from that so insignificant that it’s laughable. I do listen to differing povs on a daily basis and if Adam had stuck to non political topics I wouldn’t have a problem. But once he and Prager launch into sweeping psychological diagnosis of the entire left then the problem emerges. For example I would have loved to hear Prager explain how someone on their third marriage can have the chutzpah to present themselves as an expert on relations between men and women, or other stories about his background. But with the limited time and tsunami of mutual admiration I guess there wasn’t room for any of that.

And Adam moves closer and closer to becoming a full-on right wing blowhard. I used to respect the Aceman because he didn’t go for either side, much as I do (registered Independent). But now he keeps catering to his new Glenn Beck fan base. I also find it interesting that Adam is talking about how no one respects religion considering he never does himself when there isn’t another conservatard in the room. Wonder how long it’ll be until he renounces his Atheism altogether and becomes a born-again.

Adam needs to bring Bill Maher on his show. Let’s see how Adam’s flimsy political ideas stand up against someone armed with facts. He’s a smart, informed guy in certain fields but his shallow thinking with regard to civics are a perfect argument FOR the type of ‘frivolous’ college education he rallies against. His philosophy boils down to ‘why can’t I keep more of my cake?’ He should feel lucky he lives in a society that financially rewards his talents 20x more than a social worker, nurse, or any other number of professions that do some tangible good in society. Comedy, and the rest of the arts are extremely important, and should be rewarded, but you need to keep some perspective on the absurdity of this economic system, instead of crying that you can’t afford your 15th car.

Bullseye. You nailed it with that response. Dude makes multi-millions being a comedian that contributes very little to the greater good of society and can’t berate school teachers, police and social workers fast enough, just because he pays more taxes than they do while failing to realize that he pays a smaller percentage than they do, proportional to his income. Adam is quite the elitist when he gets on his high horse.

Bill Maher armed with facts? His offensive routine is worse than bad. Like Adam was speaking about “duels” yesterday. Bill Maher is the poster child for arrogant, offensive, effeminate jerks. People like him give libs a real bad name. Such a horrible example. Without his stupid audience clapping like trained seals, and a security detail, he’s just a minor leaguer. Elizabeth Hasselbeck tore his ass up.

Adam really (for me) defines the difference between left-thinking and right-thinking. Left-thinking being open mined and right-thinking being black or white. Often we see these ways of thinking running amok in our public discourse. Knowing that Adam is a black or white thinker rarely bothers me, because he’s funny and has really excellent points. Put in the same room with a real right-winger, however, and he just goes off the rails.

If the trend of right wing nut bags continues on this podcast, I don’t know how much longer I can stand to be a listener. Moderate right wingers are tolerable but not to the level and above of the Dennis Prager douchebagery.

Great, a bunch of partied, partisan douchebags on here slinging shit at each other and pretending like their own shit doesn’t stink. Seriously, if both the right and left take talking points for facts (which they do, and has been claimed on here), then GUESS WHAT, they’re BOTH DOUCHEBAGS and you’re a retard for throwing your support behind them. And you idiots who really think shit changes based on our prez elections are the biggest tards of all (Hope and Change? LOL. Really). If you don’t know that the presidency is a puppet position and that there are (well known) puppet masters, you’re a jackass who shouldn’t be discussing politics in the first place.

I just hope you feel the same way about those on the right presenting tales of woe and destruction in 2008 if Obama were to win the election. As always Sputh Park captured the mood on both sides brilliantly.

Right wing blowhards make crappy pod. They just do. Especially ones who sensationalize and invent “facts” then rant against or for them.

The whole idea of the “evil left” is absolutely ludicrous. It’s annoying how the show devolves into truly stupid rantings about things people on the left don’t even stand for. And Obama is about a “left” as Nixon, so it’d be nice if people would give that up.

Measuring poverty by just a few material things is stupid and so far removed from reality. How about measuring poverty by things like:
Having to work 3 jobs with no benefits
Not being able to afford health care
Having to work until you are 75 and not being able to retire
Not being able to afford a decent education.
The ability to take a vacation once in a while (not even go somewhere, being able to take days off without losing your job)

Maybe before, people could not afford a big TV but could afford most of the things I mention before…

Gotta love the jerk-offs swarming the message boards and social media to call Prager an idiot. The guy is only an esteemed Columbia alum. A handful of his braincells are smarter than any idiots who is deriding him.

Little do they realize that they’re only proving Prager’s point that America is being over-self esteemed.

Really tried to listen got about half way through and then all of a sudden all that is wrong with us according to Prager and ACE is “the Left” then it quickly lost its entertainment value – pretty predictable. All you have to do is listen to Fox/Clear Channel and you can get this same hooey. Pretty boring.

The minute Prager started with “The Left Doesn’t separate the world between right and wrong” I was out. Really starting to get tired and worried about ACE’s indulgence on right wing generalizations. I don’t mind having someone like Prager on – what I do mind is when the show is basically handed over toward his shit!

Even Adam was annoyed when Prager started with “there is nothing wrong with Pat-Downs” After that Adam did not let him talk much and pretty much dismissed him. Adam is a common sense guy you have to be a radical nut job to not see how moronic is the pat-down of kids and the TSA…

It’s so funny to listen to the libtards complain on here when Ace has on a right leaning guest. They always fail to remember the Ed Asner, Michael Moore, Ed Babley types. Ace agrees with the left on some issues and with the right on some issues…just like most of America. And for the person that asked why doesn’t Ace have Bill Maher on….because Maher for some reason won’t have him on his show anymore. Maher is the same type of the lefties on this board…unless you agree 100% with him you’re a racist and want the poor pushed over a cliff.

what kind of child bitches about varying opinions? hes left! i’m not watching! and i’m not on the right at all, i don’t even care about american politics i’m Canadian for fucks sake. Jesus Christ, grow a pair of balls and maybe a brain actually listen to varying opinions instead of being scared of them.

I can only think of one country in the middle east run by religious fundamentalists that has openly attacked a US navel vessel, has a stockpile of undeclared nuclear weapons, has not signed on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, won’t allow IAEA inspections, and begins with an “I”. It ain’t Iran.

Why do we have to hear Alison’s news reports when Adam has on an interesting guest and they are having an interesting conversation. It’s annoying to the listener and insulting to the guest, especially when Adam usually just goes off on the news while the guests sit there quietly.

Have Alison ready to do the news. If the conversation is going nowhere, bring her in. If the conversation is going great, hold the news.

“In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations, Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.” ~ George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796.

The False Left-Right Paradigm Concept theorizes that the two opposing political parties utilize their tremendous hold over mainstream media to dramatize political distractions and engage in covert warfare and operations, in grand performances of bureaucratic rivalry meant to propagandize and divide the populace. Divisive issues are purposefully fed through the major media outlets to divert attention away from the ruling class’s hidden and ulterior (and sometimes global) agendas. By drawing attention to the differences between the two embedded political systems, ideologies, races and classes, the political groups obscure political clarity and divide unity among the masses. The tactic creates confusion and frustration among the population, which enables the ruling class to increase and consolidate their wealth and power through maintaining an illusion of a two-party system of checks and balances that actually works.

It is tough for me to listen to the Breitbarts and Pragers of the world, but then I think of all the liberals Adam has on the show on a regular basis. Fact is, Adam’s usually “yes ands” political talk whether it be on the right or left. At the least, he finds areas of common ground and riffs on that.

Adam has mentioned Prager as an influence many times, and it’s pretty clear that Prager has been foundational to Adam’s world view. It’s the part of Adam’s world view I don’t agree with, but so what? It’s important in order to understand the man.

I’m tired of lefties and righties always trying to demonstrate how stupid the other side is. There are brilliant and idiotic people on both sides, and there always have been.

I never understood the characterization that the left hates Israel. I mean, the Noam Chomsky left hates Israel, but the Noam Chomsky left hasn’t been influential to mainstream liberals in a long time, if ever. Liberals’ support for Israel has been strong and unwavering. That doesn’t mean that liberals aren’t critical of Israel, or disapprove of many of their policies. But if being critical of a country’s policies means you hate that country, then everyone who criticizes the Obama administration’s policies hates America.

Great show as always.
It actually took until the 59th comment to finally have at least some explanation of what’s really going on;, so, instead of buying in to the crap fed to us on a daily basis and fighting about what is comparatively nothing, we should look at what is immediately in our face and bearing down on us at a quickening rate. What else but the loss of our freedoms since 911 starting with PAITRIOT ACT 1 and the forming of “HOME LAND SECURITY,” etc., to the latest, signed on late new-year’s eve: NDAA. If you don’t know what this is, you should. Maybe you would have more to talk about than meaningless “left right” nonsense, seeing the false political paradigm for what it really is, and, just maybe (if you even give enough of a shit) find some common ground and unite over discussing what we can do in taking this country back from the criminals who have taken over and are currently running it. This ain’t America any more.

Good to see there are only a handful of people bitching about having a conservative on the show. I guess the most intolerant and stupid lefties were run off earlier in the podcast’s history. Good riddance.

I really like that he characterizes being on the side of the weak and downtrodden as being a bad thing. It really crystallizes the difference between the left and the right, the right being more in favor of maintaining existing ally/enemy structures and sees a change as a betrayal and dishonourable.

Considering the fact that like most people I don’t want to listen to religion and political talk too often, and the way this board was lighting up, I figured the Prager half of this show was going to be painful to listen to. Lo and behold it wasn’t bad at all. I agree with the people who say that even if you don’t agree with him, and least he sounds reasonable and makes his points without yelling for no reason.

I liked the show a lot. I don’t agree with Prager on a number of issues, as Adam doesn’t, but Adam talked about the things they do agree on. This is nothing new, he does the same with Fitzsimmons or Ed Begley, and I enjoyed those shows too. Prager is also 100% right about the Jews and the left, I saw this transformation in my lifetime from the support of liberals when Israel was being attacked and had to defend itself, to the modern when they are a stronger military power (yet still under constant attack). Liberals demand that there is a bully and a victim, and they will create one regardless of the ethics involved.

As a long time fan of the Aceman and Prager, I was very happy to hear them together. I only wish it was a one on one and he spent more time interviewing Prager. Adam is great because he does not pander to either side. His best guests are those people who are smart, interesting, and funny no matter what side they represent. Prager is not the funniest guy ever, but he is smart and interesting. I don’t agree with many of Prager’s Conservative social values but he is intellectually honest and articulate. He also is not afraid to be challenged. I’ll agree that his ego is big, but he articulates his points well if you are willing to listen. He definitely is not a right wing blowhard unwilling to be challenged. Listen to his debates with Christopher Hitchens. Prager demonstrates how he can honestly debate someone he does not agree with, admit when he is wrong, and find some common ground. What some people don’t get is that Adam is expressing that there are very smart people with a variety of views that we all can learn from. I hope we continue to hear from Prager, Alec Baldwin, Penn Jillette, and Albert Brooks. I would love to hear from Bill Maher, Glenn Beck, Richard Dawkins, and Sean Penn too.

So even though living as far away as Canada is no excuse for not attending the Carolla / Prager show, I won’t be able to make it. New York dude is making us all look bad!

Sounds like a very cool concept, any chance that show will be recorded, maybe offered up on iTunes as a one-off “Ace presents…” special? Charge a nominal fee for it like the Bald Bryan benefit or Shakesbeer, if a big profit isn’t an issue maybe donate the proceeds to a worthy cause both Adam and Dennis support?

political reality is that Adam/Dennis n Co. has become a microcosm of the larger misogynistic movement to retain self-esteem, theee worst podcast to date, what a sellout Carollla, otherwise luv the show….sigh

Great show! These two guys have great chemistry together because they both seem completely authentic and transparent…it’s a breath of fresh air after all of the neurotic insecure entertainers. Politics aside, they both seem obsessed with figuring out how things work and why things are the way they are. Even Alison and Bryan seemed to set aside their politics and enjoy meeting this guy. I’d love to hear more of these two guys together!

I’m an avid listener…mostly because it provides me with some comedic relief and occasionally insightful opinions while I wash the dishes, clean the apartment, or do yard work. Every once in a while I actually hop on the website to see what the ACE network is cooking up and I get side tracked by comments from people bitching back and forth to each other about petty disagreements. Have a productive, intelligent, and thoughtful dialogue about what you’ve been listening to or else SHUT THE FUCK UP. It’s starting to sound like a political (Republican OR Democratic) debate up in here.

I am far to the left on most issues, and I think that this guy is a blowhard who oversimplifies the universe (I mean he believes in God for christs sake) but honestly it seems like his heart is in the right place. I wasn’t offended listening to this as Prager seems like a genuine guy, as opposed to a mean spirited charlatan like that Breitbart douche. I still maintain a no download policy for 99.99% of episodes with conservative blowhard guests, but I did enjoy this episode.

I can’t believe this Prager guy has followers, what a man with a skewed view who is full of himself, I can’t say how many times I rolled my eyes. Love the show though, Adam has rarely lost my attention.